South Asia Media Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change

Background

News reporting on climate change has become one of the most effective means to educate people on what is happening in different ecosystems, how the situation is changing, and what the changes mean to people living there and to the global community. Lack of understanding of the issues often leads to serious misreporting of the facts adding further confusion to climate discourses.

The objective of the media workshop is to provide updated scientific information on environmental issues, particularly with regard to increasing impacts and vulnerability due to growing climate and socioeconomic changes and adaptation needs of the people in South Asia.

Workshop components

The workshop will consist of briefings from climate change specialists followed by question and answer sessions; interactive discussions between participants on how best to cover the subjects, facilitated by experienced journalists; and offers of networking opportunities, specifically tailored to the situation in South Asia. Additional resources that journalists need for sustained coverage of climate change, especially how to adapt to it, will be provided.

The tentative programme is to have presentations from experts and interactive sessions on the first day, a whole-day field visit on the second day, and more presentations and discussions on the third day, especially on the lessons learned from the field visit.